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About me

Atte Oksanen is professor of social psychology and the leader of Emerging Technologies Lab at the Tampere University. His research focuses on emerging technologies, social interaction, criminology and addiction research. He has successfully led several major research projects funded by the Academy of Finland, Kone Foundation, Aaltonen Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Finnish Work Environment Fund, Wihuri Foundation, and Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. His international research projects have been funded by the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, the Research council of Norway and the National Science Foundation (U.S.). He has published extensively on social media, online communities and cyberhate during the last years and has over 300 publications to his name, with over 170 peer-reviewed international journal articles, including flagship journals (e.g. Criminology, Addiction, Pediatrics, International Journal of Information Management, Computers in Human Behavior, and New Media & Society). Publications include two international monographs on cyberhate and cybervictimization published by Springer (2016) and Routledge (2017).

Responsibilities

Research and research management, MA and PhD level teaching in social psychology at the degree program for social sciences. 

Board member of Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland (2022–2024) 

Board member of Finnish Research Infrastructures Committee, Academy of Finland (2022–2025)

Research topics

artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, human-technology interaction, social media, internet, online aggression, online hate, online harassment, self and identity, severe targeted violence, addiction, gambling, wellbeing

Research unit

Faculty of social sciences

Research fields

Social psychology, psychology, criminology, sociology, social sciences, health sciences, cultural studies

Research career

Current position  

2018– Professor of Social Psychology (full), Tampere University, Finland  

2014–2018 Professor of Social Psychology (tenure-track), University of Tampere Finland 

2013–2016 PI, Hate Communities: A Cross-National Comparison Project (Kone Foundation), University of Turku, Finland 

2013–2014 Senior researcher, National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Ministry of Justice, Finland  

2012–2013 Senior researcher, Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki  

2009–2012 PI, Everyday Life and Insecurity (Aaltonen Foundation), University of Turku, Finland 

2009–2011 PI, post-doctoral researcher’s project Images of Addiction in Rock Culture, University of Tampere, Finland  

2007–2008 Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland 

2002–2006 Research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland 

Education and degrees awarded  

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland  

2011 Title of docent, sociology, University of Turku, Finland


2008 Title of docent, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland  

2006 Doctor of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

2004 Licentiate of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland 

2004 Master of Arts, Finnish literature, University of Tampere, Finland  

2001 Master of Social Sciences, social psychology, University of Tampere, Finland  

Research fields

Social Psychology